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OT is absolutely not a standard benefit for tech workers in the USA; it is considered a "professional" field and is exempt from the requirement.

bluGill 5y ago
> it is considered a "professional" field and is exempt from the requirement. Legally that is true. However practically only a very few tech companies don't exceed that standard. (the exceptions are mostly startups, which if things work out will make the people taking the risk worth far more in the long run - I don't think the risks are worth it but enough people have made millions on those deals to call it completely stupid)
- Karunamon 5y ago
  Aren't most tech jobs salaried anyways?
- throwaway894345 5y ago
  Agreed. If you're in a startup, you can think of your stock as overtime pay, and it looks a lot better than what you would make earning 40% less with OT pay.
  - pjmlp 5y ago
    If it doesn't go under and one finds themselves like in great depression.
    - throwaway894345 5y ago
      I’m pretty sure US startups still pay more in salary than the average or median European software developer salary, so in the worst case the American startup employee finds themselves in a comparable economic situation to the European software professional (except that the American can always go to a FAANG or fintech and make double). Hardly a “great depression” scenario.
kcorbitt 5y ago
Fair, software engineers in tech hubs universally meet the $107k minimum salary threshold which means employers aren't required to pay overtime. That said, overtime is only expected in a few corners of the industry anyway, game development and pre-growth-stage startups being two of them. It's pretty easy to avoid those sectors if you want to maintain a 40-hour schedule. I've never been expected to put in overtime in my career, either in or out of FAANG.

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OT is absolutely not a standard benefit for tech workers in the USA; it is considered a "professional" field and is exempt from the requirement.

by Karunamon 5y ago

bluGill 5y ago
> it is considered a "professional" field and is exempt from the requirement. Legally that is true. However practically only a very few tech companies don't exceed that standard. (the exceptions are mostly startups, which if things work out will make the people taking the risk worth far more in the long run - I don't think the risks are worth it but enough people have made millions on those deals to call it completely stupid)
- Karunamon 5y ago
  Aren't most tech jobs salaried anyways?
- throwaway894345 5y ago
  Agreed. If you're in a startup, you can think of your stock as overtime pay, and it looks a lot better than what you would make earning 40% less with OT pay.
  - pjmlp 5y ago
    If it doesn't go under and one finds themselves like in great depression.
    - throwaway894345 5y ago
      I’m pretty sure US startups still pay more in salary than the average or median European software developer salary, so in the worst case the American startup employee finds themselves in a comparable economic situation to the European software professional (except that the American can always go to a FAANG or fintech and make double). Hardly a “great depression” scenario.
kcorbitt 5y ago
Fair, software engineers in tech hubs universally meet the $107k minimum salary threshold which means employers aren't required to pay overtime. That said, overtime is only expected in a few corners of the industry anyway, game development and pre-growth-stage startups being two of them. It's pretty easy to avoid those sectors if you want to maintain a 40-hour schedule. I've never been expected to put in overtime in my career, either in or out of FAANG.